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Rufus Carter

Male 1860 - 1932  (72 years)


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  • Name Rufus Carter 
    Born 21 May 1860  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Dec 1932  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Keen-Watkins Cemetery, Stoney Mills, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I21351  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2025 

    Father Stokeley Carter,   b. 23 Apr 1815, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1873, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Frances Elisha Keen,   b. 25 Apr 1820, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1864, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 18 Sep 1839  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • per Sons of the American Revolution Application
    Family ID F7984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death Certificate
    Death Certificate
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    Rufus Carter-Obit
    Rufus Carter-Obit
    The Danville Bee
    Dec 14, 1932

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80649558/rufus-carter.
      Rufus Carter
      Birth: 21 May 1860
      Death: 11 Dec 1932 (aged 72)
      Burial: Keen-Watkins Cemetery
      Stony Mill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

      Parents
      Stokeley Carter, 1815?1873
      Frances Elisha Keen Carter, 1820?1864

      Spouse: Elizabeth Fontaine "Lizzie" Smith Carter,
      1863?1897

      Siblings:
      Charles Keen Carter, 1840?1876
      Nannie Hutchings Carter Blair, 1842?1910
      Pvt John Thomas Carter, 1843?1920
      Lucy Parks Carter Nelson, 1850?1918
      Mary Frances Carter Fulton, 1855?1934
      Stokeley Carter, 1858 ? unknown

      Children
      Ethel Carter Watson, 1893?1929
      Elizabeth Fontaine "Lizzie" Carter Watson, 1897?1988
      Albert Witcher Carter, 1898?1961